This information is from a wall plaque my husband Rick's sister, Annette, bought us many years ago. Now I see the company has a website so maybe info is there too. At this moment the website will not open.
The plaque reads:
The Italian surname Simioni is of patronymic origin, derived from the name of the father of the progenitor of this family. In this instance Simioni comes from the Hebrew name "Shimeon", probably derived from the word "shama", with the meaning of "listening", in the sense of "God has listened", referring to those parents whose prayers to God to grant them a baby were listened to. The Greeks and Romans adopted this name with the spelling Symeone. With the spread of Christianity in the Western world this name became very popular, since there are several biblical figures so called.
Patronymics are the most common type of surnames, so in the case of the first name Simone we also have a surname form with the same spelling which can be found all over Italy, because it originated in several places at the same time.
Variants of Simone are Simioni, Simeone, Simon, Simo, Simeo, Simonella, Simonetto, Simonino, etc, and the compound form Simon Pietro.
Records like "Rietstap's Armarial General" mention only one family called Simioni from the city of Florence but we have no name of any bearers from this house.
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